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Without rephrasing it… I determined that Ann is 16. I'm not sure why it needs rephrasing—it seems pretty straightforward? What am I missing? 16 works (as anot
by JKCalhoun 2mo ago
Without rephrasing it… I determined that Ann is 16.
I'm not sure why it needs rephrasing—it seems pretty straightforward? What am I missing?
16 works (as another pointed out). Ann is 16 and Mary would have been that age 8 years ago—when of course Ann would then have been 8 (Mary, at 16, was twice her age).
- mayoff 2mo ago> (Mary, at 16, was twice her age) The problem states “She _is_ twice as old as Ann was”, not “She _was_ twice as old as Ann was”.